puteal

== English == === Etymology === From Latin puteal, from puteālis, from puteus (“well”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjs”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpjuːti.əl/ === Noun === puteal (plural puteals) (architecture) An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it. === References === 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering === Anagrams === Paulet, tulpae == Latin == === Etymology === A nominalization of the neuter form puteāle of the adjective puteālis (“well-related, pertaining to a well”), with apocope of final e. Shortening of an originally long vowel before word-final /l/ is regular in words of more than one syllable. Equivalent to puteus (“well”) +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʊ.te.aɫ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.te.al] === Noun === puteal n (genitive puteālis); third declension a puteal (stone enclosure or curb around a well) a structure of the same form marking a sacred site ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== Italian: puteale Old Spanish: pozal Spanish: pozal → English: puteal ==== See also ==== bidental === References === “puteal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “puteal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “puteal”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.